Reading Time: < 1 minContinuing their stance of locking up user data, which is completely the opposite of Google with their new “Data liberation” tool, Facebook has blocked the popular “Facebook Friend Exporter” app. The app has been around for nearly nine months, but got a huge influx of new users as people tried to export their Facebook friend […]
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James B. Nutter is in hiding, I guess
Reading Time: 2 minI get spammy looking “refinance now” letters in the mail almost every day. I’m in the process of a refi, so I usually open them to make sure it’s not somehow related to that. Today’s letter wasn’t useless though — it had a great lesson inside. 🙂 It came from the office of “James B. […]
Reorganizing my lifestream
Reading Time: 2 minLately I’ve had a hard time keeping up with what services cross-post to each other. If I send a status update to Twitter, does it auto-post to Facebook? If I send a picture to Posterous, does it go to Flickr? What about FriendFeed? I had I set up so many different tools that I was […]
Use Pages in Facebook, not Groups
Reading Time: 2 minThere’s been some debate recently on whether churches and other organizations should use “groups” or “pages” for their church/ministries on Facebook. The thought is typically that groups are good for short-term activities, while pages are better for long-term usage. I think that holds true, and I think churches need to be using Pages as much […]
Twitter Tips for Churches
Reading Time: < 1 minI wrote an article a few days ago for TwiTip, a site full of great Twitter tips. In it, I show how we: Showcase our staff Twitter accounts Post a page with a summary of current staff tweets Show live chat from events Find out who else from your church is on Twitter Tweet live […]
The little things can add up
Reading Time: < 1 minJust thought I’d post a bit about Cool Ray, an Atlanta-based heating & air company. Here’s a quick summary: I found them via Twitter The answered the phone quickly They could come out the same day They arrived on time They did great work They were polite They had fair prices Nothing extraordinary — just […]
How a simple tweet made an HVAC company $700
Reading Time: 2 minI told you a few days ago how I thought Cool Ray Atlanta was doing some interesting things with Twitter. Turns out they were quite brilliant. Last Monday I tweeted that I was “Heading home to meet the plumber to fix a leak. Fun Monday morning…“. It was a local guy I’ve used before. Not […]
A couple of interesting Twitterers
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve noticed a few interesting people (well, companies) on Twitter recently and thought I’d share. @PTIShow — I’m a big fan of the ESPN show “PTI” (Parden the Interruption). They recently started a Twitter account and I love the way they use it. Quite focused on the show, with useful information. Some recent tweets: Topics […]
Does your church Twitter yet?
Reading Time: < 1 minOur church has been experimenting with Twitter (I’m @mickmel) for the last year or so, but we haven’t made any hard pushes toward using it. Anthony Coppedge has just put out an e-book called The Reason Your Church Must Twitter, and now we might be getting somewhere. Since I got the book, I’ve been talking […]
I finally built a “proper” Twitter background
Reading Time: < 1 minAs I’ve seen many others do lately (Joost, Maxime, etc), I’ve updated my Twitter background with some useful information in the fake sidebar on the left. I looked at quite a few Twitter pages to determine the best sizes. Since screen resolutions can vary, you need to find your sweet spot. Some will always be […]